Mechanical engineering is a very broad engineering field. A mechanical engineer can oversee the design and development of a range of products from medical devices used in hospitals through to the batteries in your TV remote. To keep it simple, mechanical engineers design:
- Power-producing machines like generators, combustion engines and turbines
- Power-using machines like air-conditioning and refrigeration systems.
Mechanical engineering can be broken up further into individual specializations including, but not limited to:
- Biomedical and engineering fluid mechanics
- Combustion and environmental impacts
- Ground vehicle systems
- Heat transfer, thermodynamics and energy systems
- Manufacturing
- System dynamics and control
- Transportation systems.
The manufacturing industry is one of the main employers of mechanical engineers. The global manufacturing general market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% from 2021 to 2023 and reach a total value of $981.2 billion¹. Transportation systems are another mechanical engineering specialization and are also forecasting growth, with a CAGR of 5.8% from 2020 - 2027².
To keep up with this anticipated growth, construction and engineering companies need to identify ways to keep employment costs low without jeopardizing quality. A solution; outsourcing.
Many mechanical engineering tasks can be completed digitally, which makes them well-suited to an offshore environment. As long as your business is offshore ready, outsourcing mechanical engineers to the Philippines is simple and cost-effective.
